PPJ Enterprise (OTCMKTS:PPJE) vs. iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) Financial Review

PPJ Enterprise (OTCMKTS:PPJE) and iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares PPJ Enterprise and iRhythm Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPJ Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A
iRhythm Technologies	-3.53%	-10.26%	-1.39%

Volatility & Risk

PPJ Enterprise has a beta of -0.27, meaning that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PPJ Enterprise and iRhythm Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PPJ Enterprise	$670,000.00	0.00	$10,000.00	N/A	N/A
iRhythm Technologies	$787.85 million	4.37	-$44.55 million	($0.86)	-121.69

PPJ Enterprise has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iRhythm Technologies.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for PPJ Enterprise and iRhythm Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPJ Enterprise	0	0	0	0	0.00
iRhythm Technologies	1	1	12	2	2.94

iRhythm Technologies has a consensus price target of $187.38, suggesting a potential upside of 79.06%. Given iRhythm Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iRhythm Technologies is more favorable than PPJ Enterprise.

Summary

iRhythm Technologies beats PPJ Enterprise on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PPJ Enterprise

PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated healthcare reimbursement cycle, online health information digital-systems, and practice information management digital-system software to health care providers and general businesses worldwide. The company offers the Automated Biller, a medical billing system that allows physicians to bill their medical insurance claims at the point of service without data entry, coding, or billing personnel. It also provides billing, specialty medical billing, collection, and workers comp lien collection services for health care providers in the areas of pain management, anesthesia and surgery centers practices, and various specialties of medicine. The company was formerly known as PPJ Enterprise and changed its name to PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc. in October 2014. PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About iRhythm Technologies

iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a digital healthcare company, engages in the design, development, and commercialization of device-based technology to provide ambulatory cardiac monitoring services to diagnose arrhythmias in the United States. It offers Zio services, an ambulatory monitoring solution, including long-term and short-term continuous monitoring and mobile cardiac telemetry monitoring services. The company also provides the Zio Monitor System, a prescription-only, remote electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system that consists of a patch ECG monitor that records the electric signal from the heart continuously for up to 14 days and the Zio ECG Utilization Software System, which supports the capture and analysis of ECG data recorded by the Zio Monitor patch at the end of the wear period, including specific arrhythmia events detected by the ZEUS System; the Zio XT System is the previous generation of the Zio Monitor System and is a prescription-only, remote ECG monitoring system that consists of the Zio XT patch that records the electric signal from the heart continuously for up to 14 days; and the Zio AT system, a prescription-only, remote ECG monitoring system that similarly consists of the Zio AT patch that records the electric signal from the heart continuously for up to 14 days and the ZEUS System, but which also incorporates the Zio AT wireless gateway that provides connectivity between the Zio AT patch and the ZEUS System during the patient wear period. It has a development collaboration agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC and Verity Ireland Limited to develop various next-generation atrial fibrillation screening, detection, or monitoring products. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.